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The Sun. (North Canton, Stark County, Ohio), 1983-11-30

1983-11-30-001

Vol. 61
Lib. Ohio Hist. Soc
1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43211
No;6
North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, November 30, 1983
Completely
One Section 12 Pages Twenty CenU
___-.
Hoover Recovery \\ g Community Leaders Take
Continues Strong
Part In 'Back To School Day
Forty-six North Canton community leaders participated in "Back To School"
Day, sponsored by the North Canton Education Association on Wednesday,
Nov. 16 as part of American Education Week.
A. William Gluck, 57, Former
City Councilman, Dies Nov. 26
FIRST W NATION. Five students from
GlenOak High Sdhool recently captured the
No. 1 posMon in the 49tlh Annual National
Junior Honticidlbure Association (NJHA) Contest. The contest took iplace during the NJHA
Convention Held at Ithe Camelot Hotel in Tulsa, Okla. Members of tihe team are Mark
Baumgardner, Denise Garrison, Tim Kemper,
Bam Baker, and Laura Jett. The team placed
first in the FFA division. Individually, Mark
placed first, Dertise was second, Tim, 3rd;
and Pam, 6tih. Laura.placed 12th in the Open
Division. Coach is Dennis Wa'ldman, Horticulture teacher at GlenOak. The contest is a
training program concerned with teaching individuals to recognize and identify some of
'the most common horticultural produdts, to
learn quality characteristics of 'these products
and to be able to answer questions on horticulture subjects.
Photograph by The Dark Boom
CO«M!UNTrY CHRISTMAS SING. The North Cantori Area Chamber
of Cdirimence's Old-iTashioned Communiity Chrisfartas Sinlg will be held
Ddc. 4 at 6:30 pm on the square. Getting in 'tune 'for the event are (i to
r) Ryan Walls; Modse Walls 6f Blue Cross of Caniton, co-chairman of
the Chrisltmas Sing Committee; Cam Booth of Button-Booth Funeral
Home In Oreenltown; NikM Egron of Shemton Bnown Derby, co-ohav-
man; Jan Skemlp, secretory to the 0% Admlinistraltor; and Don Kahler
tihe Oilty's Pfeirk Superintendent. The North Oanton Communiity Band
will perform and Jon Snyder, Chaanlber President, wffl serve as Master
of Cra«moniieS. The. City's new Mayor, WilHiam Hines, wiiM^t the Cotai-
munSty, Ch^taias Tree and Revv. Donald Oser of 'St Paul Church, is in
cWatfge olf the candleMghltiinfe ceremony. The Hoover Hugh A-capeHfe Choir
will W^orm also. Santa will make a vfeit w«th free tone books and
candles far everyone. Refe-eshmenlts wit toe served. A band concert wll
be held foUowSwg the Community Chrisltmas Sing at Oommunffity Christian Churoh alt 8 ita. In Case of indenfent weather, the program will be
moved initio the itotoWy alt C% HaM.
local AARP
Chapter Gives
Cash Awards
The board of North Cain-
ton Chapter No. 2894 of
AARP selected the recipients of this year's cash
awards. Checks will be distributed to Red Cross in
memory of William Wallace, a recent officer; North
Canton Drug and Alcohol
Intervention Program;
North Canton Heritage Society; Christmas for the
- Poor;.-...- and- : Ctfinntout*^
Christian Women's Federation. .' y.y■■■■■'
Mrs. Ann McQueen has
been reelected President/
for the coming year. Serving on her executive board
for, 1984. are William Mast,
Mrs. Delphia Mason, Mrs.
Helen Allan and Mrs. Eileen Knipfer.
The Hoover Company
(OTG) today reported a consolidated net profit for the
third quarter, 1983, of $8,
368,000 or 68 cents per
share, the second highest
in /Hoover's history for
third period operations.
Last' year, Hoover earned
$1,219,000 or 10 cents per
share during the samoper-
iod.
.' Vtir the thri'i; quarters
ftnded September 30, 1983,
there was a eonsolidated
net profit of $21,008,000 or
$1.71 per share. This compares with a consolidated
net profit of $986,000 or
8 -ceSits per share for the
comparable 1982 period.
Consolidated net sales, for
the third quarter, 1983,
were $182,782,000, up 3.5%
from last year's $176,
622^000. For the first nine
months of 1983, consolidated
netsalas increasedto$506,
296,000 from $502,930,000
foreign exchange rates,
corejolidated sales increases, of 11% for thethirdquar-
ter ;and for the first nine
months of 1983 would have
been reported..
Merle R. Rawson, chairman and president, stated
that one of the major reasons for the excellent results was thit in the U-
nited States the Company
had: the highest third quarter ;: profits in its history,
while sales for the period
. increased at an even fast-
, er rate than they had during' the first half of 1983.
"Ttie recovery in our overseas markets is continuing'and wc expect no near-
terfn interruption in the
■business upturn in the limited Staes. As long as
this combination of factor exists, The Hoover
■ Coiinpany should be reporting-favorable results," Mr.
jlijiwsonsaid. y"Y Y
-' Jg£'.*faU.'A.. ■■"■■■■. ---.-ay- .•■ '■■:-"<•
Rockwell Show
At Gold 'N Comb
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A. William Gluck, 57. of 243 Weber Ave. NE,
passed away Saturday, Nov. 26 at the residence.
A life resident of North
Canton, he was an Air Force
Veteran of World War II.
He graduated from theUni-
versity of Akron & the Tuck
Graduate School of Credit
and Financial Management
of Dartmouth College. He
was the former Credit Manager at the Hoover Co.
For the past 15 years, Mr.
Gluck was involved with the
computer industry and
more recently with mini
and micro computers. He
acted as a constituent to
the business industry and
govprnments and commercial entities throughout the
State of Ohio. He was a
member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church where he was
a lay reader, member of
the vestry, and active in
the Diocese of Ohio.
He also was a member
of the American Marketing Association. He
was a North Canton City
Councilman in 1976 and
1977. He was a member
of the North Canton Rotary
Club and the North Canton
Elks BPOE #2029. .
Mr. Gluck was the son of
the late Alva F. and Lois
(Lytle). Gluck of Minerva.
He is survived by his
wife Dolores of the home;
one daughter, -Mrs. Gregg
(Martha) Oehlke of East
Lansing, MI; twosons WiU
A. William Gluck
Dr. Finer Is
Rotary Speaker
Dr. J. Arnold Finer D.O..
will be guest speaker at
the Thursday Dec. 1 meeting
of the North Canton Rotary
Club. The dinner meeting
will be held at Community Christian Church beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Finer will speak on
cost containment in hospitals. The title of his talk
is "Who Is To Blame For
Rising Costs?"
Dr. Finer is one of the
founders of Doctors Hospital of Stark County. He
is -chairman of the Board
of Trustees and Chief Executive Officer. He is a
James Powell
Named '84
HOF Chairman
Wells Gluck stationed .at
the Carlswell, Texas Air
Force Base; one.sister,
Mrs. William (Jesse) Wolf
of Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Memorial services will
be held Saturday Dec. 3,
with time pending, at St.
Mark's Episcopal Church
with Rev. Carey E. Sloan
officiating. Private family
graveside services are
Thursday, Dec. 1 at North
Canton Cemetery. In lieu
of flowers, memorials may
be made toSt.Mark's Episcopal Church.
Karlo & Sons Funeral
Home was in charge of arrangements.
can College of Osteopathic Surgeons. Dr. Finer is
past president of the Ohio
Osteopathic Association,
served at a Lt. Colonel in
the ArmyMedicalReserves
ami has been practicing for
20 years in this Community.
Serving as greeters for
the meeting are Philip
Roush, George Gross and
Mr. Domer.
The participants in the
program each took the role
of the teacher in one of
North Canton's classrooms.
Eighteen people were placed in the' elementary
schools, eight taught at the
Junior High and twenty spent
the day at the high school
level (North andSouth Campuses.) After their day of
teaching, the guest teachers, along with their
host / hostess teachers,
gathered at the North
Campus for hors d' oeu-
vres and a sharing period.
In relating the day's e-
vents, the guests werepos-
itive and very complimentary of the North Canton schools. Their experiences were widely varied,
but there was a common
feeling stated by many. '1
didn't realize how hard
teachers work.' Others
commented on the enthusiasm of the students and the
continued on page 2
North Canton
Elks To Hold
Memorial Service
The annual Memorial
Service of North Canton
Lodge No. 2029,Benevolent
and Protective Order of
'Elks, will be held at the
lodge on Sunday, Dec. 4,
at 2 p.m. The public is
invited to attend.
All members and their
ladies, widows their
friends and neighbors are
urged to attend this impressive and sacred ser?
vice, in honor of our departed brothers. Lodge
brother William F. Yant
the retired Director of the
Senior Citizens Organization of Canton, will give the
address. His subject willbe
"For Whom the Bells Toll."
A quartet from the Zion
United Church of Christ of
North Canton will sing.
Lawrence R. Vignos is
Chairman in charge of the
event.
VINCENT KIRBY
YSCOTT BALDWIN
Two Men Are Murdered In
Service Station Robbery
Two young men lost their lives in a $200 robbery at the Shell Service Staltion at 4445 Portage
NW, Jackson Twp., early Monday morning, Nov.
28, and a North Canton man is in custody for tflie
two bru'tal murders
Dead are Vincent P. Kirby, 20,of3022SwallenAve.,
NE, Louisville, night attendant at the Shell Service Station, and Scott R.
Baldwin, 24, of 140 Parkview Ave., NW, who was
visiting Kirby.
Arrested at noon Monday at 8250 Cleveland Ave.
NW, on an anonymous tip
is Donald Sumser, Jr., 23,
bf North Canton. Duringhis
arraignment Tuesday
morning, Nov. 29, in Judge
Kettler's Courtroom in
Massilion, Sumser was
commited without bond on
two counts of aggravated
murder and two counts of
aggravated robbery, and his
preliminary hearing has
been set for December 7v
According to Jackson
Twp. Police Chief Phil
Parr, Kirby had been shot
in the face and Baldwinhad
been shot in the face and
his throat was slit. Both
were found in a back storage room at the station.
They were pronounced dead
at the scene at 3:07 a.m.
by Stark County Coroner
• James Pritchard. Thebod-
ies were then taken to Doctors Hospital.
Jackson police reported
they had passed the station
around 1 a.m. and saw the
two men at the site. A-
round 2 a.m., three motorists from Bedford stopped
at the station. They noticed no one was around and
went into the office where
they saw blood andshatier-
ed glass. They called the
Canton police who relayed
the call tothe Stark County Sheriff's Department,
who in turn handed it over
to the Jackson Police, who
finally arrived at the scene
at 2:22 a.m.
The shattered glass was
a two way mirror looking
out of the station office.
The Shell Service Station
had been robbed two months
ago, on Sept. 28, and only
seven days ago, the Sunoco
Service Station located just
east of Portage Shell was
robbed. A Sunoco employee said he had comijared
continued on page 2
..■., James Powell
James L. Powell, Division Manager of Ohio Power Company will head the
army of volunteer workers
in the 1984 Greater Canton Chamber of Commerce
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Festival celebration. His
appointment-"as General
Chairman ofthe annual observance of "Football's
Greatest Weekend" was announced by Dr. Robert E.
Tschantz, President ofthe
Greater Canton Chamber of
Commerce.
Powell and his wife Naomi have three children;
Mrs. Daniel DeShon (Janice) of Minneapolis, Thomas of Louisville, Ohio and
Philip of Raleigh, N.C.
In past years, Powellhas
served in many Festival
celebrations, was Enshrinees Civic Dinner Chairman
in 1974 and General Vice
Chairman and Television
Chairman in 1983.
Festival events to come
in July, 1984, include the
Queen Pageant on Wednesday evening, Apr. 11the Jr.
Parade on Sunday, July 22,
the Mayor's Breakfast, Fashion Show Luncheon and
Enshrinees Civic Dinner on
Friday, July 27. On Saturday, July 28 willcomethe
Grand Parade, Enshrinement ceremonies and preseason Saturday afternoon
football game between the
Seattle Seahawks and the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Scott Ingram
Scott Ingram, Norman
Rockwell's Most .Famous
Model, will be on hand at
Gold *N Comb, Meyers Lake
Plaza, for The Rockwell
Show Sunday, Dec. 4 from
2 to 5 p.m.
The Limited Edition Norman Rockwell Collectible
'Seotty's Surprise", adapted from the Dec. 29, 1956
cover of the Saturday Evening. Post that Mr. Ingram
modeled for Norman Rockwell, will be available for
purchase and personal signature only during Mr. Ingram's personal appearance- '
. Mn-lngramis Director of
the Dave Gross man Designs
Norman Rockwell Club and
is an Award-Winning Rockwell Biographer.
Other representatives of
Gorham, Rockwell, Mysean,
_ Dave Grossman, who also will be at the Gold 'N
Comb Dec. 4 are Les Becker and Paul Goebbel.
There will be free gifts
and door prizes.
Heritage Society
Open House
The traditional Christmas Open House at the
North Canton Heritage Society, 408 W. Maple St.,
will be open to the public
Sunday, Dec. 4 from 1-4
p.m.
A large Christmas tree
with Victorian decorations
and an antique toy collection will add to the charm
of Christinas.
Special mulled punch and
holiday cookies will be
served with a specialtreat
for. the children.
Carols sung to the accompaniment of guitar and organ will make for a pleasant visit, to the local museum.
VISIT WITH SANTA. Santa reminds Willy
tihe EBf that «he North Caniton Jaycee Wlves
are sponsoring "Donuts W5th Santa" in Dec.
3 from 8:30 am until 12:30 pm at Dogwood
Park Shelter in 7th St. NE. Lots of fun wiH
be going on witth Willy the Elf eratertJaSninjg,
picture taking with Santa, enjoying donuits
and holiday craft shopping for all. A Chrisltmas Craft Boutique will be running frbni 8:30
am until 4:30 pm in conjunction vftth the
"Donuits with Santa" program. The admission
price includes donult and drink. Santa and
WHy say, 'Come join us for a very merry
tfiine."
NC Community
Band Holiday
Concert Dec. 4
TheVNorth Canton Community Band will perform
a Christmas Concert Dec.
4 at 8 p.m. in Community,
Christian Church following
the Community Christmas
Sing on the square.
The concert will feature
traditional Christmas music. Ed Hostetter is director.
Photograph by The Dark Room
OOUNTENiG THE BALLOTS. Jon Snyder of Jons Olotfhier far Men,
President olf tlhe North Caniton .Chamber of Commerce; and Yvonne Hoag
of Uhe Je>wetaty Box, both members df ithe Chamber EHecrtBto Committee,
count tMWts for selection of the new board members for the 1984 year.
Hve new Chanilber Board Me>m!bers wiH be named nexlt week.

Vol. 61
Lib. Ohio Hist. Soc
1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus, Ohio 43211
No;6
North Canton, Ohio, Wednesday, November 30, 1983
Completely
One Section 12 Pages Twenty CenU
___-.
Hoover Recovery \\ g Community Leaders Take
Continues Strong
Part In 'Back To School Day
Forty-six North Canton community leaders participated in "Back To School"
Day, sponsored by the North Canton Education Association on Wednesday,
Nov. 16 as part of American Education Week.
A. William Gluck, 57, Former
City Councilman, Dies Nov. 26
FIRST W NATION. Five students from
GlenOak High Sdhool recently captured the
No. 1 posMon in the 49tlh Annual National
Junior Honticidlbure Association (NJHA) Contest. The contest took iplace during the NJHA
Convention Held at Ithe Camelot Hotel in Tulsa, Okla. Members of tihe team are Mark
Baumgardner, Denise Garrison, Tim Kemper,
Bam Baker, and Laura Jett. The team placed
first in the FFA division. Individually, Mark
placed first, Dertise was second, Tim, 3rd;
and Pam, 6tih. Laura.placed 12th in the Open
Division. Coach is Dennis Wa'ldman, Horticulture teacher at GlenOak. The contest is a
training program concerned with teaching individuals to recognize and identify some of
'the most common horticultural produdts, to
learn quality characteristics of 'these products
and to be able to answer questions on horticulture subjects.
Photograph by The Dark Boom
CO«M!UNTrY CHRISTMAS SING. The North Cantori Area Chamber
of Cdirimence's Old-iTashioned Communiity Chrisfartas Sinlg will be held
Ddc. 4 at 6:30 pm on the square. Getting in 'tune 'for the event are (i to
r) Ryan Walls; Modse Walls 6f Blue Cross of Caniton, co-chairman of
the Chrisltmas Sing Committee; Cam Booth of Button-Booth Funeral
Home In Oreenltown; NikM Egron of Shemton Bnown Derby, co-ohav-
man; Jan Skemlp, secretory to the 0% Admlinistraltor; and Don Kahler
tihe Oilty's Pfeirk Superintendent. The North Oanton Communiity Band
will perform and Jon Snyder, Chaanlber President, wffl serve as Master
of Cra«moniieS. The. City's new Mayor, WilHiam Hines, wiiM^t the Cotai-
munSty, Ch^taias Tree and Revv. Donald Oser of 'St Paul Church, is in
cWatfge olf the candleMghltiinfe ceremony. The Hoover Hugh A-capeHfe Choir
will W^orm also. Santa will make a vfeit w«th free tone books and
candles far everyone. Refe-eshmenlts wit toe served. A band concert wll
be held foUowSwg the Community Chrisltmas Sing at Oommunffity Christian Churoh alt 8 ita. In Case of indenfent weather, the program will be
moved initio the itotoWy alt C% HaM.
local AARP
Chapter Gives
Cash Awards
The board of North Cain-
ton Chapter No. 2894 of
AARP selected the recipients of this year's cash
awards. Checks will be distributed to Red Cross in
memory of William Wallace, a recent officer; North
Canton Drug and Alcohol
Intervention Program;
North Canton Heritage Society; Christmas for the
- Poor;.-...- and- : Ctfinntout*^
Christian Women's Federation. .' y.y■■■■■'
Mrs. Ann McQueen has
been reelected President/
for the coming year. Serving on her executive board
for, 1984. are William Mast,
Mrs. Delphia Mason, Mrs.
Helen Allan and Mrs. Eileen Knipfer.
The Hoover Company
(OTG) today reported a consolidated net profit for the
third quarter, 1983, of $8,
368,000 or 68 cents per
share, the second highest
in /Hoover's history for
third period operations.
Last' year, Hoover earned
$1,219,000 or 10 cents per
share during the samoper-
iod.
.' Vtir the thri'i; quarters
ftnded September 30, 1983,
there was a eonsolidated
net profit of $21,008,000 or
$1.71 per share. This compares with a consolidated
net profit of $986,000 or
8 -ceSits per share for the
comparable 1982 period.
Consolidated net sales, for
the third quarter, 1983,
were $182,782,000, up 3.5%
from last year's $176,
622^000. For the first nine
months of 1983, consolidated
netsalas increasedto$506,
296,000 from $502,930,000
foreign exchange rates,
corejolidated sales increases, of 11% for thethirdquar-
ter ;and for the first nine
months of 1983 would have
been reported..
Merle R. Rawson, chairman and president, stated
that one of the major reasons for the excellent results was thit in the U-
nited States the Company
had: the highest third quarter ;: profits in its history,
while sales for the period
. increased at an even fast-
, er rate than they had during' the first half of 1983.
"Ttie recovery in our overseas markets is continuing'and wc expect no near-
terfn interruption in the
■business upturn in the limited Staes. As long as
this combination of factor exists, The Hoover
■ Coiinpany should be reporting-favorable results," Mr.
jlijiwsonsaid. y"Y Y
-' Jg£'.*faU.'A.. ■■"■■■■. ---.-ay- .•■ '■■:-"wetaty Box, both members df ithe Chamber EHecrtBto Committee,
count tMWts for selection of the new board members for the 1984 year.
Hve new Chanilber Board Me>m!bers wiH be named nexlt week.